Articles and Reviews by Jennifer Beam

Patch Farkle is the latest farkle dice game available in the App Store, and while other similar games are available for iPhone and touch, Patch™ Farkle appears to be made in conjunction with the same manufacturers of the real life game carrying the same Patch Trademark. While I enjoy dice games, electronic farkle was foreign [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Games

With a pre-loaded selection of classical and folk music, String Trio is an air violin app for iPhone with realistic sound and appearance.
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Music

QuickReader is a newly released speed reading trainer and ebook experience for iPhone and iPod touch and the first tool of its kind that I’ve found in the App Store. To fully appreciate the sophistication and potential of QuickReader, you will need to recognize the concept of speed reading and have a desire to practice [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Books, Editor's Picks

For those who appreciate the blissful relaxation of Japanese rock gardens and can also appreciate the virtual translation of such a utopian art, then check out Pavel Doichev’s latest app Sand Garden. Released only a few weeks ago, but buried beneath hundreds of other new releases, Sand Garden is a three dimensional sand garden complete [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Entertainment
Take a small, green alien named Otto, the tilt response of the iPhone and an adventure puzzle with 28 levels to navigate and you get Alien Axis in a nutshell. Alien Axis requires players to navigate Otto from start to finish while avoiding certain obstacles and interacting with others. It’s fairly simplistic in design and [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Games

ShowAnytime is an app with potential and for a few remaining hours is made a bit better by being on sale. If the ability to put Power Point presentations on your iPhone or iTouch is appealing to you, ShowAnytime is a basic way to achieve your goal. It does have its limitations, but the potential [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Business, Productivity

Tank Tigers is a new 3D shooting game for iPhone that puts players in control of various tanks on different battlefields as you try to score the most combat points. Tank Tigers places players in a 3D WWII setting with five different tanks to choose from and two modes of play – single and multi [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Games
No Mercy is a “stress reliever” app now available in the App Store. The holidays might seem like the ideal time to seek stress relief, but you must understand No Mercy is for humor and entertainment purposes only and the level of humor and entertainment No Mercy brings you will depend vastly upon your personality. [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Entertainment
The name iScratch Myself makes me think of Homer Simpson, or maybe my Uncle Bud, but certainly not an entertainment app for iPhone and touch, complete with beginner and expert levels. But I digress, iScratch Myself is an app that was designed to scratch an itch. So if you’ve got an itch to run a [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Games

Numbers to 1 is a logic puzzle game for both the iPhone or the iPod touch that has some enjoyable components, but you must really enjoy number puzzles to enjoy the game. It is a blend of Traffic Jam and basic subtraction that may seem confusing at first, but given a chance, isn't all that [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Games

Who wouldn’t want an app that enables them to send a holiday card with caricature drawings and witty jibes centered around the Christmas nativity? I can imagine there are plenty of people, myself included, who’d rather not. But for those who find wry Christmas comics amusing, the Xmas Card Factory is a festive way to [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 3.5/5 | Category: Entertainment
Flook the Location Browser was released last month in the App Store and while it’s categorized as a travel app, it offers a bit of a social entertainment value to boot. Basically, Flook lets you see events, people, and places both near you and around the world. Through user-uploaded info cards and photos, you can [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Travel

For iPhone users who snap up PlaceSnap while it’s free, a new social networking experience awaits. PlaceSnap basically centers around GPS location and the iPhone camera. To use PlaceSnap, users must first create a free account with an email address, username and password. Pictures can be uploaded from either the photo library or taken from within the [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Photo & Video, Social Networking

Whether it’s a crowded mall parking lot during a busy shopping season, the movie theater lot, or even the downtown parking garage, Park’n Find for iPhone makes it easy to remember where you parked and helps you find your car again. For under a buck, you won’t ever be that directionally challenged person wandering aimlessly [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: Editor's Picks, Navigation

DropZap is a new action puzzle game available for iPhone and iPod touch that proves you can still get something good for free. Resembling other block puzzles only slightly, DropZap is set on 7 x 7 grid of squares. The object is to score high by zapping the blocks and setting off a chain reaction [...]
Jennifer Beam rated this app 4.0/5 | Category: Best Free Apps, Editor's Picks, Games
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